About

sbt_py is a simple python script that parses .csv files containing author metadata to generate .sbt files used by table2asn for GenBank sequence submission.

There is currently no automated way to generate table2asn-acceptable .sbt files; this script saves you from the pain that is manually editing .sqn files with author info, and supports generating separate .sbt files for more than 1 author group (another row in the .csv file).

IMPORTANT: Make sure 'Sequence_ID' is the first column in your .src file. Table2asn doesn't seem to work otherwise.

CSV prep

See example.csv for required column names.

Author name formatting:

All names should be formatted as: first name space middle name (if supplied) space last name,

Note separating each name by comma.

Supported columns are

• submission authors

• corresponding author

  • name
  • department
  • department division
  • country
  • sub-country
  • city
  • address
  • email
  • postal-code

• additional submission comment 1

• additional submission comment 2

More columns will eventually be added; feel free to make a request

To run

python3 sbt_gen.py <name of .csv file>